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Black History Month

ATTITUDE LOOKS AT THE NEW GENERATION OF BLACK LGBT+ ROLE MODELS INSPIRING YOUNG PEOPLE

JUST A DECADE AGO you’d have been hard-pressed to identify many black LGBT+ people represented in politics, the arts or culture and media — or just about anywhere, in fact. But in the past few years, more and more have gained prominence. And for every Laverne Cox or DeRay Mckesson who lives openly in the public eye, a young, black LGBT+ person who switches on their TV or logs on to the internet gets to realise that their identity is valid. As Black History Month approaches, we asked some of the freshest young talent who is making waves for them in the world right now

About Attitude

On the cover, Nyle DiMarco talks about how being deaf was no obstacle to winning America’s Next Top Model and Dancing with the Stars.
Plus: Queer theatre special with an exclusive interview and shoot with Mark Gatiss and the cast of The Boys in the Band, hot electronic pop duo Aluna George, singer Rebecca Ferguson, and Fear the Walking Dead star Colman Domingo.